NEET Biology Animal Kingdom MCQs Set 10

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Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1: Which one of the following class is correctly matched with its general characteristics?
(a) Aves - The hind limbs generally have scales and are modified for walking.
(b) Reptilia - 10 pairs cranial nerves and dicondylic skull
(c) Cyclostomata - Skin is covered with scales.
(d) Osteichthyes - Gill slits are separate and without operculum.
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Answer: (a) Aves - The hind limbs generally have scales and are modified for walking.

Explanation:
1. Birds have scaly hind limbs modified for walking, swimming or clasping.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 2: Pristis and Carcharodon are the members of class chondrichthyes, bearing which of the following characters?
(a) Air bladder is present.
(b) Respiration by 4-pairs of gills and these gills are covered by operculum.
(c) Male fishes have 'claspers' as copulatory organ so that fertilization is internal.
(d) All of these
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Answer: (c) Male fishes have 'claspers' as copulatory organ so that fertilization is internal.

Explanation:
1. Male cartilaginous fishes have claspers, so fertilisation is internal; they have no air bladder or operculum.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 3: Which one of the following groups of animals each is correcly matched with their characteristic feature?
(a) Rana, Clarias, Testudo, Struth io - Poikilothermous
(b) Chameleon, Psittacula, Salamendra - Amniotes
(c) Corvus, Columba, Camelus, Elephas - Dicondylic skull
(d) Naja, Bungarus, Viper - Poisonous snake
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Answer: (d) Naja, Bungarus, Viper - Poisonous snake

Explanation:
1. Naja, Bungarus and the viper are poisonous snakes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 4: Amphibians are considered intermediate between Pisces and Reptilia because:
(A) They possess a vertebral column
(B) Both branchial and pulmonary respiration occur in their life history
(C) Oviparity and viviparity are both represented
(D) They have a 3-chambered heart
(a) A and C
(b) B and D
(c) A, B and C
(d) A and D
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Answer: (b) B and D

Explanation:
1. Gill respiration in the larva and lung respiration in the adult, with a three chambered heart, place amphibians between fishes and reptiles.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 5: Presence of notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord and pharyngeal gill slits are the three fundamental characters of the phylum chordata. In which one of the following chordate all the three characters are found throughout the life?
(a) Doliolum
(b) Ascidia
(c) Balanoglossus
(d) Branchiostoma
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Answer: (d) Branchiostoma

Explanation:
1. Branchiostoma (amphioxus) keeps notochord, dorsal nerve cord and gill slits throughout life.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 6: Consider the following features :- (A) Anadromous migration. (B) Absence of jaws. (C) Ectoparasites on Fishes. (D) Larval stages are Fresh water Which of the following animal has all the above mentioned features?
(a) Doliolum
(b) Herdmania
(c) Petromyzon
(d) Amphioxus
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Answer: (c) Petromyzon

Explanation:
1. Petromyzon (lamprey) is jawless, migrates upstream to spawn, is an ectoparasite on fishes and has freshwater larvae.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 7: Match List-I (animal) with List-II (organ of locomotion):
A. Star fish: (i) Muscular foot
B. Apple snail: (ii) Comb plates
C. Nereis: (iii) Tube feet
D. Sea walnut: (iv) Parapodia
(a) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(b) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(c) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
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Answer: (d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Explanation:
1. Starfish move by tube feet, apple snail by a muscular foot, Nereis by parapodia and sea walnut (a ctenophore) by comb plates.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 8: Which one of the following is a molluscan?
(a) Sea horse
(b) Sea lily
(c) Sea mouse
(d) Sea hare
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Answer: (d) Sea hare

Explanation:
1. Sea hare (Aplysia) is a mollusc; sea horse is a fish, sea lily an echinoderm and sea mouse an annelid.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 9: Which of the following pairs of respiratory structures and animals is/are correctly matched? (A) Ctenidia - Honey bee (B) Book lungs - Scorpion (C) Tracheal system - Sepia (D) Book gills - Limulus
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) B and D
(d) B,C and D
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Answer: (c) B and D

Explanation:
1. Book lungs occur in scorpions and book gills in Limulus; honeybee has tracheae and Sepia has ctenidia.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 10: Which of the following insects is/are consider as vectors ?
(a) Culex
(b) Aedes
(c) Anopheles
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. Culex, Aedes and Anopheles are all disease vectors.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 11: Consider the following statements :- (A) Aptenodytes belongs to the class Aves. (B) Locomotory organelle of Trypanosoma is flagella. (C) Euspongia is common bath sponge. (D) Coelenterates are pseudocoelomates. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
(a) C alone
(b) B and C
(c) A, B and C
(d) B, C and D
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Answer: (c) A, B and C

Explanation:
1. Aptenodytes is a bird, Trypanosoma has a flagellum and Euspongia is the bath sponge; coelenterates are not pseudocoelomate.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 12: Most of lower aquatic animals such as protozoans, poriferans, coelenterates etc. are ammonotelic, because :-
(a) Water available to these animals contains less nitrogen.
(b) Ammonia can be converted into urea.
(c) Excretion of ammonia requires large amount of water, which is available to these animals.
(d) Ammonia helps in checking inflow of water into body.
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Answer: (c) Excretion of ammonia requires large amount of water, which is available to these animals.

Explanation:
1. Ammonia is very soluble and toxic and needs much water to be removed, which aquatic animals have.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 13: Which of the following statements regarding mammals are correct? 1. Delphinus and Balaenoptera are aquatic mammals. 2. Ornithorhynchus is oviparous 3. Mammals have double occipital condyles. Select the correct answer :-
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 alone
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 2 and 3 only
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Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:
1. Dolphin and blue whale are aquatic mammals, Ornithorhynchus lays eggs and mammals have two occipital condyles.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 14: Which one of the following endoparasite absorbs nutrients from the host directly through their body surface?
(a) Fasciola
(b) Ascaris
(c) Taenia
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (c) Taenia

Explanation:
1. Taenia has no gut and absorbs digested food through its body surface.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 15: Reptiles, Birds and Mammals resemble in the character of their :-
(a) Occipital condyle
(b) Homeothermous
(c) Poikilothemous
(d) Amnion
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Answer: (d) Amnion

Explanation:
1. Reptiles, birds and mammals are amniotes with an embryonic membrane called the amnion.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 16: The symmetry of coelenterates is similar to that of :-
(a) Larvae of a phylum, whose members possess canal system.
(b) Larvae and adults of a phylum whose member possess a water vascular system.
(c) Adults of a phylum whose members possess a spiny body wall and dermal calcareous ossicle.
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (c) Adults of a phylum whose members possess a spiny body wall and dermal calcareous ossicle.

Explanation:
1. Coelenterates are radial like the adults of echinoderms, which have spiny skin and calcareous ossicles.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 17: With reference to scorpions, which one of the following statements is correct ?
(a) The body consists of head, Thorax and abdomen
(b) They display mosaic and stereoscopic vision.
(c) They have book lungs which corresponds to the gills of prawn.
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (c) They have book lungs which corresponds to the gills of prawn.

Explanation:
1. Book lungs of scorpion correspond to the gills of prawn; the body is cephalothorax and abdomen and the eyes are simple.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 18: Match List-I (animal) with List-II (type of coelom):
A. Echinodermata: (i) Coelom absent
B. Arthropoda: (ii) Haemocoel
C. Aschelminthes: (iii) Pseudocoel
D. Annelida: (iv) Enterocoelous coelom
(v) Schizocoelous coelom
(a) (iii) (i) (v) (iv)
(b) (iii) (ii) (v) (iv)
(c) (iv) (ii) (iii) (v)
(d) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
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Answer: (c) (iv) (ii) (iii) (v)

Explanation:
1. Echinoderms have an enterocoelous coelom, arthropods a haemocoel, aschelminthes a pseudocoel and annelids a schizocoelous coelom.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 19: Which of the following types of protozoans may be responsible for the origin of sponges?
(a) Amoeboid protozoans
(b) Flagellated protozoans
(c) Ciliated protozoans
(d) Sporozoans
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Answer: (b) Flagellated protozoans

Explanation:
1. Sponges are believed to have arisen from flagellated protozoans (choanoflagellates).

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 20: In which one of the following protochordate, notochord present from head to the tail in adult stage.
(a) Ascidia
(b) Salpa
(c) Doliolum
(d) Branchiostoma
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Answer: (d) Branchiostoma

Explanation:
1. In Branchiostoma (cephalochordate) the notochord extends from head to tail throughout life.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 21: Select the correctly matched example of Bony fishes with their common names :-
(a) Betta - Fighting fish
(b) Clarias - Magur
(c) Pterophyllum - Angel fish
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. Betta (fighting fish), Clarias (magur) and Pterophyllum (angel fish) are correctly matched.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 22: Which of the following sets of animals belong to the same group ?
(a) Bangarus, Testudo
(b) Pavo, Hyla
(c) Clarias, Rana
(d) Felis, Calotes
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Answer: (a) Bangarus, Testudo

Explanation:
1. Bungarus (snake) and Testudo (tortoise) are both reptiles.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 23: Over two third of all named species on earth are Arthropods. Identify their category which is not matching
(a) Living fossil - King crab
(b) Vector - Culex
(c) Gregarious pest - Limulus
(d) Economically important - Apis
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Answer: (c) Gregarious pest - Limulus

Explanation:
1. The gregarious pest is Locusta; Limulus is a living fossil.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 24: Identify correct statements : (A) Fertilization is internal in Ascaris (B) Parapodia help in swimming in few Arthropods (C) Nereis is an aquatic form and it is monoecious (D) Radula is a rasping organ of star fish
(a) A and C
(b) B and C
(c) D only
(d) A only
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Answer: (d) A only

Explanation:
1. Ascaris fertilisation is internal; parapodia are annelid structures, Nereis is dioecious and radula is molluscan.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 25: First phylum to have complete digestive tract can be represented by :
(a) Taenia
(b) Wuchereria
(c) Pheretima
(d) Apis
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Answer: (b) Wuchereria

Explanation:
1. Aschelminthes (Wuchereria) are the first to have a complete digestive tract with mouth and anus.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 26: Which of the following animals belong to same group ?
(a) Hyla, Aedes, Crab,
(b) Sea urchin, Sea lily, Sea cucumber
(c) Sea pen, Sea fan, Sea hare
(d) Sand worm, Round worm, Earthworm
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Answer: (b) Sea urchin, Sea lily, Sea cucumber

Explanation:
1. Sea urchin, sea lily and sea cucumber are all echinoderms.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 27: The phenomenm of Autotomy and regeneration is well marked in :
(a) Mollusca
(b) Annelida
(c) Arthropoda
(d) Echinodermata
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Answer: (d) Echinodermata

Explanation:
1. Echinoderms show striking autotomy and regeneration.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

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